Combined sink and kitchen-cabinet



(No Model.) 2 SheetseSheet 1. J. H. RICE. COMBINED SINK AND KITCHEN CABINET. No. 411,352.

Patented Sept. 17, 1889-.

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COMBINED SINK AND KITCHEN CABINET.

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Patented Sept. 1'7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JOHN H. RICE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

COMBINED SINK A ND KITCHEN-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,352, dated September 17, 1889. Application filed May 11, 1889. Serial No. 310,396. (life model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. RICE, of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, have i11- vented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Sink and Kitchen-Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to certain improvements in kitchen-cabinets; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts, aswill fully appear from thefollowing description and accompanying illustration, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved kitchen-cabinet, showing in dotted lines the sliding bracket-frame which supports the shelf formed by the inversion of the kneading or dough board. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of my invention,the drawer and the flour-bin being removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my cabinet, showing the conversion of the kneading-board into the above-referred-to shelf, the sink or dishwasher exposed and the drain-board in position for use and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the cabinet, showing in dotted lines the flour-bin tilted forward in its open position.

In the embodiment of my invention I employ horizontal frame d, upon which is secured or fastened a top board or table 2', and which is itself fastened upon legs 0, and the side pieces of an open-ended closure K K. Around the lower end of the closure K K is secured a base-frame formed of strips of pieces I) 1), preferably miter jointed together, as shown. In this closure is placed the flourbin E, which has its lower side edges notched or recessed and resting upon the upper edge of a cross-piece E, said upper edge of the cross-piece being rounded and engaging the notches or recesses in said lower side edges of the former, thus pivoting the bin in position to permit the ready tilting thereof to gain access to its contents. The strip E, it will be observed, is near the front or opening side of the closure K K and forward of the center of the bin E, while the upper edges of the bin are inclined downward and rearward to allow said edges to sufficiently clear the top frame 61 to accommodate the tilting of the bin, and yet form a stop by the contact of the rear top edge of the bin with strips or pieces E secured to said frame to limit the forward tilting of the frame. A suitable knob or handhold is furnished, as shown, for the convenient tilting of the bin.

Immediately over the bin E, and slidingin the frame cl, is a drawer D, the lower edge of the back piece of which rests upon the strips E, above referred to, and which drawer has a series of small compartments a a in the front portion for convenience in holding bakingpowders, spices, &c. This drawer also has a knob or hand-hold to permit of the convenient opening and closing of the same.

G is the sink or dishwasher opening through the top board t' at one end.

B is the kneading or dough board, which is hinged at one end, as at m m, at its normal lower edge, to one end of the top board or table i adjacent to the sink or dish-washer, permitting the upward folding of said board, so that it may be turned down upon the top board 1' and over the sink or dish-washer, covering it, as shown in Fig. 1, as is done when the operation of kneading the dough is practiced. Sliding in under this end of top board or table i and resting upon cleats or ways thereof is a frame B, which supports in its extended position the kneading or dough board in an inverted position, thus providing for the conversion of the kneading-board into a shelf, which is at that time removed from over the sink to hold dishes preparatory to washing them.

0 is a drain-board, having in its normal upper surface a series of drain passages or grooves 92 n for the reception and return to the sink of the drip water from the washed dishes placed thereon, as is done when itisin the position indicated in Fig. 3. This board is hinged, as at f, at one end to a strip or bar 0, which is itself hinged, as at e e, to one end of the top board or table 11, whereby the board 0 is permitted to be folded and rest upon said top board or table, and when thus disposed to occupy an inclined position, the lower end being next to the sink, permitting of the emptying of the drip-water in the drain-passages or grooves of the board 0 into the sink.

A board F at the rear edge of the table or top board z'serves as awall-protector against the splashing water of the dish-washer.

Having thus described my invention,what1 1 ward toward the sink, substantially as speci- 10 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters fied. Patent, is In testimony whereof I affix my signature in The combination, with amain frame inclospresence of two witnesses. ing a sink, of a movable strip hinged at one edge to the said frame, and the drain-board JOHN H. RICE. hinged at one edge to the free edge of the \Vitnesses: said strip whereby when the drain-board is F. G. FISCHER, in its opeiative position it is inclined down- 1 P. E. EVERETT. 

